Ghost Gum

Hamilton Downs Youth Camp

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February 24th 2009
We have been here for one month now and have been literally right in the middle of two major disasters. The floods up in North West Queensland, which we managed to escape from by a matter of weeks and the terrible bush fires in Victoria. Fortunately we have no TV here and have been able to avoid viewing all the sadness on TV. I lost my great aunty May in the fires at King Lake and found that news ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more